The Naturopathic Way : How to Detox, Find Quality Nutrition, and Restore Your Acid-Alkaline Balance

How naturopathy works to establish good health and protect against the toxic causes of illness • Shows how cleansing the body's internal cellular environment with diets and fasts removes the chief cause of disease • Explains the role played by the acid-alkaline balance in maintaining good health and peak energy Illness does not appear by chance. It is the direct result of the way we live—what we eat and drink, if we have enough physical exercise, and our state of mind. The basic principles of naturopathy recognize this reality, and its treatments are designed to support our present state of good health or to help us get back to it. Christopher Vasey, author of the bestselling The Acid-Alkaline Diet for Optimum Health , explains that naturopathic treatments do not attempt to cut off symptoms but instead focus on removing toxic causes. All diseases stem from an unbalanced or dysfunctional biological terrain. This occurs when the body's internal cellular environment becomes clogged with wastes or when it lacks essential vitamins and mineral nutrients. In this naturopathic guide to health and healing, Vasey shows how to remove toxins from the body using diets, fasts, and detoxifying cleanses. He points to the key role played by the acid-alkaline balance in maintaining peak energy and explains what natural supplements to take to restore deficient nutrients in the body. Vasey believes that the greatest part of achieving health is in our own hands. His book provides a comprehensive set of naturopathic tools to help us restore our optimum health. Intro Title Page Table of Contents Foreword by Daniel Kieffer Introduction Chapter 1: The Naturopathic Concept of Illness WHAT IS AN ILLNESS? WHY DO WE FALL ILL? HOW DO WE HEAL? REMEDIES AND THERAPIES FICTITIOUS HEALING VS. TRUE HEALING THE DIFFERENT STAGES OF DISEASE Chapter 2: The Causes of Illness and the Reasons for Health OVEREATING IN GENERAL OVEREATING SPECIFIC SUBSTANCES STIMULANTS CHEMICAL POISONS POOR ELIMINATION A SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE DEFICIENCIES THE RUPTURE OF THE ACID-ALKALINE BALANCE NEGATIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE Chapter 3: Naturopathy in Practice SHUTTING OFF THE SOURCE OF OVERLOADSELIMINATING TOXINS BENEFITS OF EXERCISE FILLING THE DEFICIENCIES RESTORING THE ACID-ALKALINE BALANCE SPECIFIC REMEDIES POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE Conclusion Resources Glossary of the Concepts of Naturopathy Footnotes Bibliography About the Author About Inner Traditions Bear & Company Books of Related Interest Copyright & Permissions This naturopathic guide to health and healing shows how to remove toxins from the body using fasts and detoxifying cleanses. It reveals the importance of acid-alkaline balance in maintaining peak energy and explains how supplements can restore nutritional deficiencies.;Intro; Title Page; Table of Contents; Foreword by Daniel Kieffer; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Naturopathic Concept of Illness; WHAT IS AN ILLNESS?; WHY DO WE FALL ILL?; HOW DO WE HEAL?; REMEDIES AND THERAPIES; FICTITIOUS HEALING VS. TRUE HEALING; THE DIFFERENT STAGES OF DISEASE; Chapter 2: The Causes of Illness and the Reasons for Health; OVEREATING IN GENERAL; OVEREATING SPECIFIC SUBSTANCES; STIMULANTS; CHEMICAL POISONS; POOR ELIMINATION; A SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; DEFICIENCIES; THE RUPTURE OF THE ACID-ALKALINE BALANCE; NEGATIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE; Chapter 3: Naturopathy in Practice